Shane Lowry (golfer)

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Shane Lowry
— Golfer —
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Personal information
Full name Shane Lowry
Born (1987-04-02) 2 April 1987 (age 37)
Clara, County Offaly, Ireland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight 224 lb (102 kg; 16.0 st)
Nationality  Ireland
Residence Clara, County Offaly, Ireland
Spouse Wendy Honner (2016)
Career
College Athlone Institute of Technology
Turned professional 2009
Current tour(s) European Tour
PGA Tour
Professional wins 3
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour 1
European Tour 3
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T39: 2016
U.S. Open T9: 2015
The Open Championship T9: 2014
PGA Championship T46: 2014

Shane Lowry (born 2 April 1987) is an Irish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and PGA Tour.

Amateur career

Lowry was born in Clara, County Offaly, the son of Offaly 1982 All-Ireland winning footballer Brendan Lowry.[1] He learned his early golf at Esker Hills Golf Club, where he began his amateur career.[2] He attended Athlone Institute of Technology as a scholarship student on the Higher Certificate in Sport and Recreation.

Shane Lowry was the 2007 Irish Amateur Close Champion, defeating Niall Turner 4 & 3 in the final.[3] While still an amateur in May 2009, he won The 3 Irish Open on the European Tour, defeating Robert Rock on the third hole of a sudden death playoff. The win, on his tour début, made him just the third amateur to win on the European Tour,[4] following Danny Lee earlier in the 2009 season, and Pablo Martín in 2007. Lowry shot a 62 to equal the lowest ever by an amateur on the circuit and led from the second round onwards.[5]

With this win, he entered the Official World Golf Ranking as an amateur at No. 168[6] and reached a career high of 6th in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.[7] Walker Cup captain Colin Dagleish described the win as "fairytale stuff", adding: "You'd have to say that Shane's victory was the biggest (of the three amateur wins). To win your own national Open is quite something. It was unbelievable, it really was."[5] The win was all the more remarkable because it was only the second home win since 1982 and the first since Pádraig Harrington in 2007.[5] Harrington himself was also full of praise: "It’s fabulous for Irish golf. You only have to look at the fact it is such a rarity for an amateur to win, such a rarity for an Irish player to win the Irish Open. So, on a lot of fronts, it is a big deal. It was very impressive."[8]

Professional career

Lowry elected to turn professional the week after his Irish Open triumph, meaning that he would miss out on the opportunity to play in the Walker Cup in September.[9] He made his professional début on the 28 May at the European Open, where he shot 78 in the first round to end the opening day almost at the back of the field, and went on to miss the cut following a second round 73.[10]

Lowry missed the first three cuts of his professional career, but had his first pay day on 5 July 2009, when he finished 50th at the Open de France ALSTOM.[11] He had his best professional result in November 2009, when he finished 3rd in the Dunlop Phoenix Tournament in Japan.[12] In January 2010, he finished in fourth place in the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship,[13] moving him into the top-100 of the Official World Golf Ranking.[14]

In June 2010, Lowry qualified for his first major championship, the 2010 Open Championship at St Andrews. During the qualification, Lowry equalled Nick Faldo's course record at Sunningdale when he posted a 62. Lowry went on to make the cut at St Andrews and eventually finished in a tie for 37th place.

Lowry won for the first time as a professional in October 2012 at the Portugal Masters. He shot a 67 to tie for the lead with the Englishman Ross Fisher, who made bogey on the final hole after missing a four-foot putt. The victory elevated Lowry up to 74th in the Official World Golf Ranking and made him eligible to compete in the WGC-HSBC Champions.[citation needed]

In May 2014, Lowry finished in second place at the 2014 BMW PGA Championship to claim the biggest cheque of his career. He finished tied for 9th at the 2014 Open Championship, his best finish at a major.[15]

On 9 August 2015, Lowry won the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational by two strokes over Bubba Watson.[16][17] Lowry accepted PGA Tour membership for the 2015–16 season.

Amateur wins (5)

  • 2007 Irish Amateur Close Championship
  • 2008 West of Ireland Championship, North of Ireland Championship, Mullingar Scratch Cup
  • 2009 Lee Valley Senior Scratch Cup

Professional wins (3)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 9 Aug 2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational −11 (70-66-67-66=269) 2 strokes United States Bubba Watson

European Tour wins (3)

Legend
World Golf Championships (1)
Other European Tour events (2)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 17 May 2009 The 3 Irish Open
(as an amateur)		 −17 (67-62-71-71=271) Playoff England Robert Rock
2 14 Oct 2012 Portugal Masters −14 (67-70-67-66=270) 1 stroke England Ross Fisher
3 9 Aug 2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational −11 (70-66-67-66=269) 2 strokes United States Bubba Watson

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2009 The 3 Irish Open England Robert Rock Won with par on third extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Masters Tournament DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT T39
U.S. Open DNP CUT DNP DNP CUT T9
The Open Championship T37 DNP DNP T32 T9 CUT
PGA Championship CUT DNP DNP T57 T46 CUT

DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1
The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 3
PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2
Totals 0 0 0 0 2 2 13 7
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 2 (twice)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice)

World Golf Championships

Wins (1)

Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin of victory Runner-up
2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational 2 shot deficit −11 (70-66-67-66=269) 2 strokes United States Bubba Watson

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.

Tournament 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Cadillac Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T17 T35
Dell Match Play DNP DNP DNP DNP R16 DNP T34 T51
Bridgestone Invitational 77 DNP DNP DNP T48 DNP 1
HSBC Champions T28 DNP DNP 32 DNP 34 T68

DNP = Did not play
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

References

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